Arapahoe Basin ski area announced Friday it will add at least two weekends to its season, and maybe more.
A-Basin will be open seven days a week through June 5 and then will reopen for summer skiing for at least two three-day weekends — June 10-12 and June 17-19.
The ski area, which currently has a 94-inch base, has had more than 420 inches of snow this season, and 15 inches in the past week. This is the first time the area will try being open on weekends only.
“Having our greatest season in years, ideally we would like to stay open on the weekends until the Fourth of July, but it’s too early to know what the conditions will be to make that call,” A-Basin general manager Alan Henceroth said.
During its summer season, the resort will open at 8:30 a.m. with two lifts serving top-to-bottom skiing. Black Mountain Express will close at 2 p.m. and Lenawee Mountain Lift will close at 2:30 p.m.
Glasser leads Eagles over Mudbugs.
Matt Glasser scored at 8:26 of overtime to give the Colorado Eagles a 3-2 victory over the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs on Friday night in Game 1 of the Central Hockey League’s Ray Miron Presidents’ Cup Finals at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. Daymen Rycroft and Riley Nelson scored in regulation for the Eagles, and Kyle Jones had 29 saves in the Colorado net.
The Mudbugs will have a chance to even the series in Game 2 tonight, also at the Budweiser Events Center.
Terry Frei, The Denver Post
CU’s Bosshard wins 10,000 meters.
The University of Colorado men’s track and field team is in second place with 23 points, trailing Oklahoma (29), after the first day of the Big 12 outdoor championships in Norman, Okla. Joe Bosshard led the Buffs with a first- place finish in the 10,000 meters with a meet and stadium record time of 28:52.85.
• The CU women are in fifth place with nine points, highlighted by Laura Thweatt’s third-place finish in the 10,000 meters. Nebraska leads with 29 points.
Metro edged in D-II softball tourney.
The Metro State softball team fell 1-0 to Minnesota State in the opening game of the NCAA Division II Tournament’s Central Region 2 in Mankato, Minn. The Roadrunners had five hits and stranded seven runners.
MSU’s Kelly Wood singled to center to score Julie O’Neal in the sixth inning. Metro State loaded the bases in the seventh, but Amber Roundtree popped up to first base to end the game. Julia Diehl took the loss, striking out two and walking three in six innings.
The Roadrunners face Winona State at 12:30 p.m. today and must win to continue their season.
• Regis advanced with a 5-0 shutout of host Augustana (S.D.) to remain in the winner’s bracket of Central Region 1. The Rangers today will face Minnesota-Duluth, which defeated Colorado Mines 3-1. Mines faces Augustana today in a must-win game.
Roadrunners, Rangers done at RMAC.
Metro State was eliminated from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference baseball tournament in Grand Junction after falling to Nebraska-Kearney 5-4.
Regis lost to New Mexico Highlands 7-2, ending the Rangers’ tournament hopes. Mesa State joined UNK at 2-0 in the tournament after a 6-2 win over Colorado State-Pueblo in Friday’s finale.
Kurtenbach/Fitzgerald lead Four-Ball.
James Kurtenbach of South Suburban Golf Course and Tim Fitzgerald of Highlands Ranch Golf Club shot an 8-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Colorado Golf Association’s Four-Ball Championship at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster.
